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Africa
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Christmas tourists start choosing Africa

afrol News, 21 December - More and more Europeans choose travelling instead of family during Christmas vacations, traditionally heading towards the Mediterranean or the Canary Islands. But more "exotic" Christmas destinations are now becoming popular, enabling Africa - especially North Africa - to establish a second high season.

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South Africa
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SAA to lay off 20% of staff

afrol News, 13 June - South Africa's national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), will lay off 20 percent of its management, sell catering and booking-services units.

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South Africa
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Monorail to revolutionise South Africa travel

afrol News, 18 May - A euro 1.3 billion infrastructure project is to revolutionise travel in South Africa's most densely populated region before the 2010 World Cup. The "flying" monorail line between Johannesburg and Soweto is also expected to boost economic development in South Africa's Gauteng province.

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Africa
Travel - Leisure

‘Safety threatens African airline industry’

afrol News, 11 May - The Secretary General of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Christian Folly-Kossi, disclosed that safety and security have remained the major threats to the African aviation industry.

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Somalia
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Somali govt starts issuing new e-passports

afrol News / Awdal News Network, 28 March - Somalia's transitional government (TFG) will start issuing new electronic Somali passports to Somali residents abroad from Sunday, 1 April, according to Abdullahi Gafow Mahmoud, Director of Somali Immigration and Naturalisation. Somalis living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be the first to receive new, expensive passports.

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» 07.12.2006 - South Africa's tourist arrivals up by 8%
» 14.11.2006 - Victoria Falls could lose World Heritage status
» 07.11.2006 - Africa tops tourism growth rates for 2006
» 01.11.2006 - Cape Verde tourism keeps booming
» 31.10.2006 - Algeria desert tourism finally recovering
» 30.10.2006 - Malawi govt to support tourism business
» 25.09.2006 - Angola starts making tourism revenues
» 02.06.2006 - German, British airliners to fly on Cape Verde
» 26.05.2006 - Africa sees need for improved air transport
» 25.04.2006 - Egypt terror to hurt tourism industry temporarily
» 24.02.2006 - Nigeria hopes for forex revenues on arts, culture
» 02.02.2006 - Africa sees highest growth in tourism industry
» 12.09.2005 - Air Botswana looses euro 690,000
» 11.07.2005 - Air Senegal continues expansion
» 31.05.2005 - Ghana get first flight connection to US
» 05.04.2005 - Sierra Leone considered safe travel destination
» 16.12.2004 - Giant tourism project re-launched in Cape Verde
» 24.09.2004 - Plans made for railway museum in Sierra Leone
» 14.09.2004 - Namibia tourism sector facing major setback
» 02.09.2004 - Morocco confirms large growth in tourism
» 30.08.2004 - Comoros gets new airliner in November
» 10.08.2004 - Surge in tourism to Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco
» 20.06.2004 - Northern Mozambique becomes "charter" destination
» 20.04.2004 - New tourism projects queuing in Nigeria
» 02.04.2004 - Carnival to promote cultural tourism in Nigeria
» 17.10.2003 - Tourism, fisheries to counter Cape Verde's poverty
» 09.10.2003 - Ghana wants to learn tourism from Canary Islands
» 30.07.2003 - Seychelles seeks cheaper image
» 09.07.2003 - Morocco trusts in continued tourism
» 03.07.2003 - James Island Gambia's first world heritage site
» 02.07.2003 - New tourism gateway for Namibian park
» 19.06.2003 - Tunisian economy recovering from shocks

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